"Isn't thinking it's for the best enough?" She blinked and tilted her head, glancing over to him. Just what had been going on in her head. Even she didn't know. He flirted worse than she did, yet she was the one often taking the hits for it. She knew it was probably a set back, that others just thought of her as she truly was. One of those kind of girls. Oh well. This is why she never got involved with people...

Looking back out over the ocean, she leaned her chin on her arms, staring out as the window blew lightly through her hair. That girl he mentioned. The one that did indeed trail after Smoker at a distance she wasn't able to. Karen closed goldenrod eyes. "I know she's special to you. You don't have to explain it. And no, it's nothing about her, Smoker."